Ellicott City is the county seat for Howard County
Woodstock is in Howard County
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Bank barns are built into the side of a hill, or bank, where both the upper and lower floors can be accessed from the ground at different levels. The upper floor stored hay, and the lower floor housed livestock. Wagons, by design, could enter . . . — — Map (db m168889) HM
The Mt. Pleasant blacksmith shop is the only working blacksmith shop in Howard County and contains a forge, bellows, anvil, vise, tongs and tools. Blacksmith create and repair objects made of iron and steel, such as horseshoes, tools, and wagon . . . — — Map (db m168885) HM
The carriage house originally stored horse-drawn carriages and related equipment. Carriage houses were generally smaller than barns with large doors and few, if any, windows.
The carriage house at Mt. Pleasant would have stood close to the . . . — — Map (db m168878) HM
A corn crib is a type of granary used for holding and drying ears of corn for animal feed or milling into cornmeal. After harvesting, corncobs with or without husks were placed in the corn crib through the small, elevated door on the west wall. . . . — — Map (db m168888) HM
This building housed guinea fowl when the last generation of the Brown family resided at Mt. Pleasant Farm. The Brown's raised guinea fowl, considered a delicacy, for food and as gifts for friends and neighbors on special occasions.
When . . . — — Map (db m168881) HM
Welcome to our historic vegetable garden. The century-style of the garden takes you on a journey through the history of vegetable gardening in Howard County. It features rows of vegetables from various periods of time in local history.
In . . . — — Map (db m168875) HM
Through this window you are able to see the hand-hewn logs of the log cabin portion of the farmhouse, circa 1775. Trees would have been felled and broad axes, adzes and other hand tools used to straighten and flatten the trees into timbers that . . . — — Map (db m168884) HM
Montjoy Barn is a hand-hewn oak and chestnut English wheat barn dating to 1798, and the only surviving barn of this type in Maryland. It was moved here in 2007 from a property in Ellicott City that was slated for development. Montjoy is a timber . . . — — Map (db m218363) HM
Home of the Browns of Howard County, descendants of the original settler Thomas Browne (the Patuxent Ranger) who was commissioned in 1692 to survey this area of then Anne Arundel County. — — Map (db m168880) HM
Prior to the introduction of indoor plumbing, the privy was the farm family's toilet. It was built over a 6- to 8-foot deep pit. When the pit was full, the privy was moved to a new location. It would commonly be located a short distance behind . . . — — Map (db m168882) HM
A smokehouse is a small, enclosed building used to preserve and store meat. Commonly located near the kitchen, smokehouses are usually one story with a gabled roof, dirt floor, and no chimneys or windows.
After butchering, meat was heavily . . . — — Map (db m168883) HM
A wagon shed is a shelter for horse-drawn wagons, commonly used before the introduction of tractors. The shed's open ends allows wagons to be driven through without needing to back up.
The Mt. Pleasant wagon shed features a corn crib between . . . — — Map (db m168887) HM
Hodge Podge Lodge was the first nature show for children, airing in the 1970s on Maryland Public Television and syndicated on the east coast. The show's host, Miss Jean Worthley, inspired a generation of children about the natural . . . — — Map (db m168874) HM
This farm is a portion of the original land grant given to Ranger Thomas Browne more than 300 years ago and has been the home of many generations of the Brown family since then. The early log cabin built on this site has had additions and . . . — — Map (db m168879) HM
